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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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